Beautiful Music
The ASCAPlu$ awards honor “the unique prestige value of each writer’s catalog of original compositions” and reflect the organization’s ongoing commitment to the composing work of its members, according to a letter sent by Marilyn Bergman, the organization’s president.
Winners receive a cash prize, the amount of which is determined by an independent, seven-person panel of music professionals. This year the organization handed out approximately $2.35 million in cash prizes to both popular and classical composers.
The six winners are: James Hopkins and Morten Lauridsen III, both professors of composition; Frederick Lesemann, professor of composition and chair of the USC Department of Composition; Vincent J. Mendoza, adjunct assistant professor of jazz studies; Erica Muhl, associate professor of composition; and Willis Schaefer, professor emeritus in the Thornton School.
“It certainly is a measure of the stature of our department,” said Lesemann in commenting on the awards. “It has always been an exhilarating privilege to work with such outstanding colleagues present, past and, I am sure, future.”
Founded in 1914, ASCAP is the world’s largest performing rights organization, with more than 160,000 composers, songwriters, lyricists and publishers of all musical genres represented in the United States.
Contact Meaghan Agnew at (213) 740-7893.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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